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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by Marlboro Man Actually I like the pick. He may come on a lot sooner than people think. he can't do any worse than what Ellis, Rodgers, Franklin did this year...
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04-27-2012, 11:26 PM | #22 |
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Looks like a great pick! I like what I've read about him.
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04-27-2012, 11:37 PM | #23 |
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Originally Posted by |Mitch|
So the guy might just be our diamond this year?
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04-27-2012, 11:41 PM | #24 |
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Originally Posted by FinSaint
I'm very happy with this pick, I had him in my initial draft wish list in the mock draft thread - I have seen very favorable evaluations of him, which took into account the fact that he played in Canada, as to not give him an artificially inflated grades.
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04-27-2012, 11:42 PM | #25 |
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The consensus seems to be we picked him early but you can't teach his size. Hopefully he thrives under Spags and can work his way into the rotation.
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04-27-2012, 11:49 PM | #26 |
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Saints selected Regina DT Akiem Hicks with the No. 89 overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft.
Hicks began his college career at LSU, where he was rated as a better recruit than No. 14 overall pick Michael Brockers. Transferring to Regina in Canada, Hicks came on with 6.5 sacks as a senior and generated some buzz during East-West Shrine Game practices. Hicks is 6-foot-5 and 318 pounds, and he possesses freakishly long 35 1/8-inch arms. He's a very high-upside project. Per rotoworld |
04-27-2012, 11:54 PM | #27 |
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He's raw but Spags will whip him into shape. Canada, UM
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04-28-2012, 12:03 AM | #28 |
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Obviously no one knows how a player is going to actually turn out, but who didn't scratch his head when Parcells picked Demarcus Ware out of Troy with the 11th overall?
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04-28-2012, 12:46 AM | #29 |
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I didn't think I'd be in the minority when I thought this after the Saints picked Hicks, but I guess I am. I'm totally unimpressed with the pick. Not because he doesn't have potential, which he does, but because we didn't have a need so great at DT that we had to draft yet another project when there were more proven players at other positions of need. Loomis has hit some home runs with these types of players, as we all know, but he's also struck out a few times. I thought there were some very good players surprisingly left on the board, but apparently they are in love with this guy.
We don't have very good OT's. They're serviceable, but require a lot of help from the tight ends which takes away from the amount of time Jimmy Graham can be on the field. Bobby Massie was right there, and they didn't take him. Jared Crick, a more polished DT, was there, Ladarius Green was there if the Saints were interested in some play making depth behind Graham. But oh well, all I can do is hope it works out. |
If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.
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